pend
Americanverb (used without object)
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to remain undecided or unsettled.
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to hang.
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Obsolete. to depend.
verb
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to await judgment or settlement
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dialect to hang; depend
noun
Etymology
Origin of pend
1490–1500; ≪ Latin pendēre to be suspended, hang, depend
Example Sentences
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DeeAnna Orre, 23, grew up in Pend Oreille County, population 14,000, the northeastern-most county in the state.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024
Andy Dux, regional fisheries manager for Idaho Fish and Game, said there are fewer kokanee in Lake Pend Oreille this year, and as a result, more eagles flew to Lake Coeur d’Alene.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2024
Mr. Maslonka, of Spokane, contended in a responding court filing that the dam was for irrigation of his property and to prevent the Pend Oreille River from inundating it, according to the Spokesman-Review.
From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2023
The dam, on the Perkins Slough tributary of the Pend Oreille River, was constructed without a Clean Water Act permit from the Army Corps of Engineers, the EPA said.
From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2023
Once she was a long time away, and when she came back she said laughingly: "I've been dining with the Macdonalds in Quarry Pend."
From The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith by Livingstone, W.P.
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